Film Witness (2 episodes). Boris Perchatkin — Witness of Christian Genocide in the USSR before the Government and People of the USA

· Boris Perchatkin, Video Blog, Persecution, KGB, Unregistered Pentecostals, Nikolay Goretoy, On Emigration, Vestibule, Pentecostals, Contemporary Persecution, USSR, USA

Why was Boris Perchatkin chosen by the people of the USA in the matter of defending the people of God, and not because of any high church office?

The film is based on the document of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, signed by the former chairman of the commission and head of the Democratic majority, Congressman Steny Hoyer, and by Senator from Arizona DeConcini, and on Boris Perchatkin’s testimony before the U.S. Congress about his own fate, his family, and the church in Nakhodka, which cannot be called anything other than genocide of Christians in the USSR.

Boris Perchatkin became a witness to the genocide of Christians in the USSR before the American government and the American people. At the meeting with Nancy Reagan, wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, on May 31, 1988, she spoke in favor of Boris Perchatkin’s testimony before the U.S. Congress about the genocide against his family and all believers in Jesus Christ in the USSR. He testified on August 5, 1988.
Boris Perchatkin was the only Protestant at that meeting. There was no one from the Baptists. There were no bishops, superintendents, or general bishops.
Boris dwelt on his relationship with his brother-in‑arms in the struggle, Nikolai Gorety, and how the cause suffered and the relationship with Gorety’s supporters continues to suffer to this day.

The suffering of Boris Perchatkin’s family and his fate, shattered by the godless Soviet regime, served as a compelling argument for Nancy Reagan, wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who spent two of the four‑hour meeting at the American embassy on May 30, 1988, talking with Brother Boris Perchatkin. She suggested that Boris Perchatkin testify about the suffering before the U.S. Congress, which he did on August 5, 1988.
On the basis of the testimony of the suffering and genocide of the Perchatkin family and the church in the city of Nakhodka, the U.S. Congress decided to include Soviet Protestants along with Jews in the special U.S. refugee program under the Lautenberg Amendment.
The suffering and persecution of Boris Perchatkin’s family began with his grandmother’s uncle, who was a Baptist. Here is a list of the family members of Boris Perchatkin who suffered for Jesus Christ:
Grandfather Viktor Benediktovich Voyshvillo (1878–…) — executed or a condemned man used in Soviet medical experiments.
Grandmother Yevgenia Voyshvillo (Kashura; 1898–1977) — an exile, convicted once.
Grandmother’s brother Aleksandr Kashura (1904–1960s) — sentenced to execution along with the Orthodox seminary.
Mother Lyudmila Viktorovna Perchatkina (Voyshvillo, Bobrova) — an exile, convicted three times.
First wife Zinaida Perchatkina (Minakova) — convicted once, lost her job in her field of education, died prematurely from the hardships of life.
The 7 children of Boris and Zinaida Perchatkin endured mockery and beatings from believers and non‑believers alike, as the children of an enemy of the godless Soviet regime.
The brother of his second mother‑in‑law Nikifor Zakharovich Stotsenko — a well‑known preacher, convicted many times — spent his whole life in preaching and in prison camp.

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